Toxic drugs still claiming lives every month in Langley

B.C. chief coroner Lisa Lapointe provides an update on illicit drug toxicity deaths in the province during a news conference at the legislature in Victoria on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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Front companies being used to launder illicit cannabis cash: intelligence agency

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Life on the edge: Will Arnett narrates new Netflix docuseries on Vancouver Island

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      The Witness Blanket residential schools art exhibit is now available on a newly launched interactive website. (witnessblanket.ca)

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      The Lower Fraser Valley Aboriginal Society is hosting an public gathering Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, starting at 7 p.m. (LFVAS poster)

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      When taking a road trip to border towns like Osoyoos, don’t travel without your passports or turn off your car’s GPS. (Black Press Media photo)

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